Hong Kong: 15 Facts to know about the New Secondary System

November 7th, 2013 This week I presented a session on Hong Kong’s new secondary education curriculum at the Bi-Regional NAFSA V & VI Conference (in Indianapolis, IN) and NAFSA Region XII Conference ( in San Diego, CA) . With an increased number of senior secondary graduates competing for the same number of university place in […]

10 Facts About the Education System of Brazil

June 13, 2013 This week, we’d like to focus on Brazil, the largest country in both South American and the Latin American region. It is the world’s 5th largest country both by geographical area and by population. Brazil’s population according to a 2011 World Bank report is 196.7 million. Source: www.cia.gov 1. Pre-school education (Educação […]